Lucky Charms Cake Recipe

Last updated on February 11th, 2024 at 09:10 am

I have long been obsessed with Lucky Charms cereal from a very young age. So when I moved to the UK I was sad that they didn’t sell it at first. For the first few years I had my family ship me boxes of the fluffy sugary cereal. I not only ate it for breakfast on occasion but I quite like having a dry bowl of it while watching a movie like my version of popcorn! I was ever so excited when Tescos started selling it on their shelves and I could get it whenever I want. I have made Lucky charm cupcakes in the past but I had an idea for a layered birthday cake using the Lucky charms marshmallows and here my recipe began…Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday Cake

First you get to spent a little bit separating your marshmallows from the wheat cereal into a bowl. I did mind while watching a movie with Mr P. Two birds, one stone and all! I also bought various pastel colored sprinkles to add to the mix. There was no right or wrong way I just used whatever I thought would look nice together. I even added a little edible sprinkle glitter but it didn’t show up to well in my photos. It’s all about variety so you can’t go wrong.

Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday Cake

Don’t forget to use your Oxo Good Grips spatulas and measuring beakers just to make it that much easier to get it done right the first time. I am loving the Oxo Good Grips kitchen range with all my baking lately. If you are regular reader you will know I use a variety of their products and I really do think they are 100% worth every penny if you are into your baking and cooking! 
Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday CakeWhilst I made this as a birthday cake it can really be used for any special occasion. You don’t have to be a kid to have a love for Lucky Charms clearly and what’s not to love about all the flavors and colors of marshmallow and frosting mixed together. It took all the will power I had to not just eat the whole bowl of separated lucky charm marshmallows.

Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday Cake

Lucky Charms Cake Recipe

a favorite cereal made into a fabulous cake
Author Let's Talk Mommy

Ingredients

Two Round Cakes

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 3 cup sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cup flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Frosting

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract clear if you can find it
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp heavy cream
  • dash salt

Instructions

Cakes

  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees F
  2. Spray two 11 inch round cake pans with cooking spray
  3. In a large bowl, mix together butter and shortening with electric mixer
  4. Add sugar slowly and mix well
  5. Add eggs one at a time and mix well
  6. In a separate small bowl mix together whole milk. buttermilk, and vanilla extract
  7. Add this to the large bowl and mix well
  8. In another separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt
  9. Add this to the large bowl slowly and mix well
  10. Beat all ingredients in the large bowl very well
  11. Evenly distribute cake batter in your two greased pans
  12. Don't over fill, you might have a little extra if you are using a different size pan
  13. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

Frosting

  1. In a large bowl cream your softened butter until it is smooth (2-3 mins) and the color has lightened
  2. Add sugar, a little at a time, mixing on the highest speed for a few seconds in between
  3. Add vanilla and a dash of salt, mix until well-incorporated
  4. Add heavy cream and mix well

Recipe Notes

For a firmer frosting, add more confectioner's sugar
For a softer frosting, add more heavy cream

Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday Cake

Directions to put the cake together:

After you have separated your marshmallows cover them and set them aside, then bake your cakes and make your frosting as per my recipe above. Allow your two cakes to cool in the open air and set aside uncovered so the outer edges become stiff. You don’t want to cover your cakes and lock the moisture in because when it’s time to frost them the cake will pull away with the frosting as you try to smooth it out!

Using a cake stand or a plate which ever you choose, place one layer of cake on it and give it a nice thin coat of frosting on top and the sides. Layer your marshmallows flat on top of first layer. I do mind in a circle pattern making sure no marshmallows are on top of each other. See photo at the beginning. You just want one flat layer of them. Use as many or little as you want for your inside layer. If you separated a whole box of Lucky Charms you will have plenty for the top and decorating if you do half the bowl.

Add second layer of cake on top of your marshmallows and GENTLY press down. Add frosting on top and to all sides, really thick, to seal the entire cake. I bought a piping bag for £3 from Tesco with various tops to use. Using the big star top, I created a star pattern at the bottom where the cake meets the plate and then a mini circle wave on the very top of the cake where I piled on my lucky charms’ marshmallows. You can use whatever pattern you like. I completely made up my stars and waves on mine as I am not very handy with a piping bag yet! Next lesson to learn!

I threw on some sprinkles and edible glitter around the marshmallow center to finish it off and also add a circle of marshmallows on the platter for effect!
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Do you have a kids birthday party coming up or even a tea party try my Lucky Charms Cake recipe out and let me know what you think. I love when readers tweet or instagram me, their photos. I always re-share and it’s great to see how others turn out! I love me some food styling photos!
Lucky Charms Cake Recipe Birthday Cake

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92 thoughts on “Lucky Charms Cake Recipe”

  1. It looks amazing! I’ve never tried Lucky Charms but the effect is very pretty, it would make such a gorgeous little girl birthday cake, or possibly something for Easter!

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    • I was just thinking that this morning that it would be great for Easter too! It has a layer of lucky charms in the middle too so adds that marshmallow taste to a already yummy cake flavor!!! My new favorite.

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    • Ahh thanks Becky. I was actually really disappointed how these turned out. But hopefully the styling is getting better for sure. Practice practice! Although not sure how much more practice my waistline can take. lol

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    • Oh you could make captain crunch treats (like rice krispy treats but with captain crunch I bet) Those would be yummy too! lol I love sugar cereal but funny enough I never let me kids have any. lol It’s my secret treats.

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    • hahah Yes they do. Get your buns down to tesco hunny. they are the best! I could live off them I think. This is now my new favorite cake too! Turned out amazingly delicious.

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  2. They used to sell Lucky Charms over here when I was a kid and remember eating them with glee! I’ll have to pick up a box for my daughter as a treat now I know
    I can get them. The cake looks fab! Great pics! #sharewithme

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    • Thanks Amy so great of you to stop by and thanks for the lovely comment. The cake turned out better than I imagined and was scrumptious. I may have ate too much of it. lol oops

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    • Hahah I wouldn’t ever share my lucky charms with the children. I am selfish that way. lol hahaha This is my new favorite cake too! The marshmallow and cake flavors together are so yummy.

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  3. This was a blast from the past for me too I used to love lucky charms. Jenny, your cake making and photography skills are excellent. This looks like something from a magazine. More importantly it looks delicious. Excellent post

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    • Thanks hunny that’s so sweet of you. I was actually really disappointed with the photos but the taste of the cake really made up for it. I ate until I was in a food coma! lol My new favorite cake for sure.

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  4. Wow that looks delicious! One of my girls has a birthday in January, I may well be popping back to look at this again then! x

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    • Oh gosh I guess i should have made it clear I would NEVER give my kids these for breakfast or anytime of the day. They are hidden in the cupboard for mommy and daddy only. I am strict on the no sugar for my tots.

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  5. Grace says – This cake looks so good and very pretty too. We’d love you to link this up to our Wednesday linky #minicreations as it is very cool 🙂 #sharewithme

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  6. This cake looks gorgeous and so pretty. I showed it to Lucas and he thought it looked MEGA yummy but it was pink!!!! He’s currently got an aversion to everything pink because “Mum, I’m not a girl!!!!” #sharewithme

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  7. I love lucky Charms cereal so this sounds heavenly to me!! Not sure I have the patience to seperate out the charms from the cereal, but then that may just be because I don’t have much patience for anything right now! looks delish though, I could really do with a slice! xx

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  8. Hello there, your cake is a thing of beauty-wow! I have never tried Lucky Charms but we are heading to the USA next year so will definitely be trying some then! Lovely photos too x #sharewithme

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    • They sell them at Tesco now so you can get them here. Whilst I wouldn’t give them to my kids to eat I love having a bowl for a late night treat! lol The cake turned out fantastic.

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  9. I have heard of lucky charms but never seen them before. Your cake looks delicious, so pretty. What is the vegetable shortening you used in the recipe (I am not a baker- can you tell?) x

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  10. I’ve never had Lucky Charms but see it in the imported sections in supermarkets. It looks like such a lovely cake, all friendly and colourful! x

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  11. Oh my Jenny, this looks absolutely scrumptious! I love the addition of the marshmallows and I’m also rather partial to that pink cake stand – sets the cake off beautifully 🙂

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  12. That cake looks really tasty, I had lucky charms a couple of times as a child but didn’t know you could get them in the uk, I fancy making some gooey frosting sweetie topped cupcakes now! #sharewithme

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